<p>tumbleweeds- You’re a little iffy. A 3.4 GPA in college after getting a 3.5 in high school and a 25 ACT does not make you a very strong applicant. I think you will probably be rejected, even though you would be I guess a junior or even senior transfer. Most successful applicants have at least a 3.6 GPA and are junior transfers. By the way do you have 57 credits completed already? If you do, you would have at least 81 by the end of this year, are you sure you want to lose at least 21 of those by transferring to UM? If you’re looking for a top school, you’re better off trying for UNC-CH, which accepts 75 external credits.</p>
<p>OOS. Applying EA</p>
<p>95 W GPA, 2300 SAT, 31 ACT</p>
<p>7 AP’s </p>
<p>-Captain Varsity sports
-Captain debate
-Study three languages, started a club in one, tutor in another
-published science research</p>
<p>GPA W: 4.15 (of 4.5)
GPA UW: 4.01 (of 4.5)
ACT: 31
SAT: 1980
Rank: Around 35 of 430
around the 8th percentile
EC: I am the vice president of the Jewish Student Union 2 years
2 years on JSU
I am the treasurer of S.A.D.D (Students Against Destructive Decisions) 1 year
vice president of S.A.D.D 1 year
co-president of S.A.D.D 1 year (this year)
I am a board member of Key Club- 2 years
2 years on year book
I am the sectional editor of yearbook 1 year.
assistant editor of year book 1 year.
2 years on year book
I am in charge of the food bank at a CHURCH. helping to replenish it and organizing events when food is running low.
JV Tennis 3 years
I have taken honors; 4 science, 4 math, 3 english, 2 social studies, 1 business
I am in the Science Research program at my school. ONLY 10 students. top science kids in the grade. Researching study skills and how it will effect grades. summer program at Brown University. summer at michigan</p>
<p>also
AP chem, AP calc BC, APUSH, AP PHOTO</p>
<p>I would say pretty good, maybe high match/low reach. Could get higher test scores.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 800 M, 730 CR, 770 W
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics
[ *] ACT: Didn’t take
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.7 (B’s in freshman year, huge upward trend so A’s for soph, junior, and probably senior)
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: will have taken 9-10 AP’s by graduation (undecided on self studying one)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
In a 4-children family with a single mother. Have had to help out at home a bit.
Math team (11,12), won a few state awards
Debate team (10,11,12) few small awards
Key Club (10,11,12) Variety of projects
150+ hrs community service
Mu Alpha Theta (11,12)
Tutored math and science (11,12)
USAMO qualification (11) and hopefully 12
Snowboarding and biking (not really an EC :P) (9,10,11,12)
[ *] Essays: I think they’re good but that’s just me. Need more revision
[ *] Teacher Recs: Decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):None
[ *) Location/Person:New England
[ *] State or Country:CT
[ *] School Type:Public, not competitive
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Very rigorous course load for my school. However, not much depth in EC’s.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>I think you have a solid chance. It may be too late, but try to strengthen your EC’s by getting a leadership position, or do something to help out the community. But your high SAT scores help a lot. I say that Michigan is S/T- school for you (safety/low target)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT:N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):N/A
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.7 UW 4.95 W (6 Point scale)
[ *] Rank:11/546
[ *] Other stats:13 Ap Classes, difficult course load all four years.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Main EC is varsity baseball. My other EC’s are heavy student government envolvement (Officer) and heavy DECA involvement (Representative). I also attended PAVE at Vanderbilt which was a selective 6 week summer pre-engineering program. Minor- NHS. Volunteering- Many various activities through NHS and SGA. Worked once a week at my Vet’s office summer of my sophomore year.
[ *] Essays:Awesome
[ *] Teacher Recs:Should be Awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec:Not sure, large public high school, counselors don’t really get a chance to get to know studetns.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):Not applying for financial aid?
[ *) Location/Person:Florida
[ *] School Type:Large public, some kids accepted to UM last year from my school.
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:Strengths-ACT/Courseload
Weakenesses- UW GPA/Lack of Ec’s?
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (mechanical)
[ *] SAT: 2250 (took once 710 math, 760 reading, 780 writing)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.00
[ *] Rank: top 3%
[ *] Other stats: Took 5 AP’s [5 in BC Calc] [4 lang] [4 us hist] [3 ap nsl]
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Its academic quiz show captain
3 sport varsity athlete (golf, swimming, baseball)
320 Student Service Learning Hours
NHS secretary
SGA parliamentarian
black eyed susan book club
EHS and spanish honor society in 11th grade
mechanic- job and internship
Freshman of the year award
english and math student of the year award 10th and 11th grade
[ *] Essays: i want to be automotive engineer- currently a mechanic learnong about cars- should help right?
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Seneca Valley High School
[ *] State or Country: Montgomery County MD
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Very strong math student despite sat score, i did not study for math at all.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: is my math score good enough? are there any chances for middle class white male scholarships?</p>
<p>jarredp93…match(70/30)
818215…match</p>
<p>International Hong Kong Student
[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2030 [ w620 cr670 m740]
combined: 2090 [w680]
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Maths II 770
[ *] ACT:/
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:/
[ *] Rank: Top 5% of form
[ *] Other stats: IGCSE in year 10 4A</em>3A1B
TOEFL: 116
took a difficult maths extension class
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Committee of Student Council
President of Economics and Public Affairs society
Vice president of netball team (in team for year 9-11)
Committee of my house
Grade 6 Piano
30+ voluntary service hours from Oxfam
Won awards for documentary making competitions, many inter-house sports events, writing competitions
Played basketball for 10+ years
School academic scholarship year 9-11
School non-academic scholarship year 11
Big sister
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec:Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.)
[ *) Location/Person:Hong Kong (applying as international student)
[ *] State or Country:Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: Private, considered as a top school in Hong Kong
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Sports, English, leadership roles, diverse achievements?
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Applying as international student, follow local education system so they would only look at my internal results (they said so in their email) in terms of academic stats, applying early action</p>
<p>Please chance, Im kinda desperate to know cos i dont have anyone really to consult in Hong Kong, thanks a lot!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 1960 (harsh)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):N/A
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.84
[ *] Rank: 51/508
[ *] Other stats: 6 AP classes, however taking a total of 9 exams by the end of senior year. US History - 3 (…), Psych - 5, Micro - 4, Macro - 4, Calc AB - 5, Lit - 3 (…). Taking Bio, Calc BC, and Chem this year.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Student Council, Key Club (freshman and sophomore year), Student Ambassadors, NHS, Symphony Orchestra. Volunteered at the local aquatic center sophomore and junior year, and volunteered at a summer camp just this past summer.
[ *] Essays: Hopefully awesome ahha…
[ *] Teacher Recs: Decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not quite sure yet, however my counselor knows me pretty well
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Large public school, total of 6000+ kids on campus
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
Strengths - ACT and courseload
Weaknesses- GPA, lack of outstanding extracurriculars / board position, SAT
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>So tempting when there’s an entire thread dedicated to chances.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT: n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): n/a
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.95, 4.0 if an A- still recalculates to an A
[ *] Rank: top 5%
[ *] Other stats: 3 APs Junior year, 3 APs Senior year- I think my school only offers 7 AP classes
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): suspended sophomore year for something stupid (not academic) kind of don’t want to explain, 1 day out of school, 1 day in school.
EC’s- Basketball (2 years, didn’t play varsity) Cross Country (3 years, joined as sophomore) Baseball (4 years), Mentored a group of freshman as a junior…that’s about it
[ *] Essays: Above average I would hope
[ *] Teacher Recs: Average
[ *] Counselor Rec: Haven’t ever had a conversation with her
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Native American, figured out that I was never enrolled tho, first generation college student, and lower income
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White / NA
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA+ACT are good, suspension + EC’s not good.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I like dogs.</p>
<p>FYI I graduated in May 2011. I’m taking a gap year and working before school and dealing with some family issues.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT: n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): n/a
[ *] ACT: 26 SS(English-34 Reading-29 Math-23 Science-21… taking it again)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5
[ *] Rank: n/a
[ *] Other stats: 1 AP & 2 H Junior year, 3 APs Senior year, 3 on AP LIT
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
EC’s- Basketball (4 years, team captain & many awards) Tennis (4 years, Coach’s Award 2x) Yearbook Editor, ASB Senior Class Rep., Principal’s Advisory Council (hand selected students to discuss school issues with principal-4 years), Father passed away one week before start of junior year.
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recs: Exceptional
[ *] Counselor Rec: Exceptional
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Went to H.S. in CA, now live in PA
[ *] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Great ECs, GPA & test scores are low due to science and math (not my best subjects, but I excel in english)
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): CoE
[ *] SAT: 2260 740cr 750m 770w
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): math2 790 ush 790 phys 760 bio-e 730
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: about 3.4 uw, 3.64 w
[ *] Rank: school does not rank
[ *] Other stats:APCS - 4, Calc, physics, micro, macro, apush - 5
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
boy scouts 9th,10th grade
JV cross country 9th, 10th
Track 9th
Golf 10th
[ *] Essays: above average
[ *] Teacher Recs: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: CA
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: increasing trend in grades (.1-.2 increase in GPA yearly)
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2040
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Chinese 790, Math II 770, U.S. History 760, Biology 740, Literature 640 (retook it, waiting for score)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.76
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank.
[ *] Other stats:
-Weighted GPA 4.0
-AP US History 5, AP Lang 5, AP Bio 4, AP Stat 4, AP Euro 4
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Red Cross, co-president (9, 10, 11, 12)
-National Honor Society (10, 12)
- California Scholarship Federation (9, 10, 11)
-Math Club (9, 10, 11)
-American Heart Association (9, 10)
-School Choir, section leader (9, 10, 11, 12)
-Southern California Vocal Association Honor Choir, auditioned (9, 10) - California All State Honor Choir (10)
-Piano (9, 10), level 10 certificate of merit
-North Orange County Children’s Chorus (NOCCC) (9,10)
-Jazz Choir (10, 12), now a club b/c of budget cuts
-Chinese School Accompanist and Assistant (9, 10)
-Yearbook, Arts and Academics Editor (10, 11)
[ *] Essays: Good (Personal struggle, character development, family background, adjustment to America, etc.)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good one from my APUSH teacher and another from my math teacher for sophomore and junior year
[ *] Counselor Rec: Unsure
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/a
[ *) Location/Person: Orange County
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
-Weakness: Chinese credits pretty much useless… as I am Chinese; low SAT II Literature; got 4’s on AP tests, not enough leadership positions, low unweighted GPA, ACT not high enough?
-Strengths: Commitment to music extracurriculars, heavy course load (7 APs by end of senior year, took all advanced/honors math courses available, currently taking adv. pre-med), Red Cross leadership
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
-Took Chinese classes at community college (all A’s), University of California (Irvine) (Biological Anthropology, received a B), and online at Brigham Young University Independent Study (Medical Terminology, received a B)
-I want to major in neuroscience and/or biology</p>
<p>[ *] College: LSA
[ *] ACT: 32 - 34E, 34M, 30R, 30S, 10Essay
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:
-Weighted GPA 4.2
APs - School offers advanced courses (have taken all offered, except math), but no APs
[ *] ECs:
-Editor-in-chief, school newspaper (won award)
-Three summers at a summer camp for handicapped kids (selected to train other counselors, produced promotional video for them and won a community service award)
-Outdoor education leadership
-Varsity Soccer
-Steering committee, School Ambassadors
- Finalist for Scholarship, National Essay Contest
[ *] Essays, Recs: Great, I think
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy
[ *) Location/Person: Southern California
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
-Weakness: I have not taken the hardest classes in math.
-Strengths: High GPA; lots of leadership.</p>
<p>Please chance. I won’t type out the entire laundry list, but will still give the essentials</p>
<p>-Competitive public school (nationally ranked)
-3.4 GPA unweighted
-13 AP classes taken
-Many ECs, which are both diverse yet somewhat career oriented (3-4 leadership positions)
-One varsity sport
-33 ACT/ SAT TBD
-Essays should be good.
-Recs will be stellar
-Trilingual</p>
<p>Really, my question is if the 3.4 GPA will hold me back, given the other stats. I would be majoring an economics (then applying to Ross), if it matters.</p>
<p>hychelle - mid-reach. International, lower SAT. Definitely apply and stress the extra curricular.</p>
<p>cyu2012 - slight reach-Match. Definitely send ACT not SAT. I think you’re course difficulties will make your gpa justifiable.</p>
<p>HiimCole - Match</p>
<p>jvogel - Reach. Low GPA, low SAT.</p>
<p>d3rph3rp - Reach. Low GPA, OOS.</p>
<p>pandasrule - Reach, Low GPA, OOS.</p>
<p>sacajawea - Match.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: M:740 R:780 W:740
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Biology M: 740, took Math II, no scores yet
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.7
[ *] Rank: 37/592
[ *] Other stats: 2 APs sophmore year, 7 APs junior year, 5 APs & 4 community college classes(2 per semester) senior year. Passed every AP exam so far.
[ *] Essays: Great, I’m told? I don’t know though.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Don’t know, my counselor doesn’t really know me but it’s the same way with everyone from my school, we see counselors once a year unless there’s a problem.
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: Public (competitive & nationally ranked)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I’ve taken really hard classes, lots of APs, and I’m dual enrolled in college classes, but my GPA is low because of it. Also I don’t have many ECs besides honor societies and private music lessons, I pretty much spent all of HS doing classwork/music/reading, and not thinking about college… Music is my only substantial EC and it’s a pretty weak one since I never joined band or any music group at school.</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] College: Engineering
[</em>] ACT: 33 (32E, 34M, 34R, 33S, 8W)
[<em>] GPA: 4.141 W, 3.947 UW, 3.917 U-M UW
[</em>] Rank: 12 of 465
[li] Other stats:[/li]1 AP sophomore year, 3 junior, 5 senior:
4 US, 4 Chem, 5 English Language (world…won’t mention)</p>
<p>[li] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):[/li]FIRST Robotics: 2 years
NHS: 1 year (my school is juniors/seniors only, by the way)
SADD: 2 years (possibly president this year)
French Club: 3 years
Band: 4 years (2 years in top band)
Piano out of school: 13 years</p>
<p>[<em>] Essays: Both very good, I’m told
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One excellent, one unknown
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent…but as expected, we don’t know them very well
[</em>] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None.
[<em>] Location/Person: Southeast Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Moderately competitive public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Non-hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Major strength/weakness:[/li]No sports
ECs could be better?
Strong academic rigor for my school. Not many take 5 APs in one year.
No physics classes.</p>
<p>[li] Other Factors/questions: [/li]Senior schedule: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP French, AP English Lit, Band
First generation college student, no siblings. I’m nearly as clueless as my parents 
[/ul]</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to chance me.</p>